For their adorable design, their convenience, and those clever snaps, I love my pocket diapers. For leaks, I don’t. It may be that my baby is too small for her large sized pocket diapers, but even when we double stuff them with liners, they seem to have major leakage issues. The only way we can stop the leaks is to treat them like a diaper cover and line them with a prefold diaper. I loved them with my older son but he wore then when he was a bit bigger, which may explain our leakage problem. Does anyone else have these issues? Are you partial to your pocket diapers or do you prefer prefolds?

#1 They have a high resale value.Many people find it odd to consider the resale value of their diapers, but pocket diapers often sell for more than half of their retail value AFTER baby has used them.They cost more up front, but it’s important to factor in how much they’ll earn you at a consignment shop.

#2 They’re easier for traveling. We always use our prefolds for weekend trips or even all-day excursions. They’re easier to put on and take off when we’re doing those creative diaper changes in a public restroom, your car trunk, or on your great aunt’s living room floor.

#1 One set lasts throughout baby’s diapering. Pocket diapers like bumGenius and Happy Heiny’s have adjustable snaps that make it possible to use the same diaper for any baby from eight to thirty five pounds.While prefolds are far cheaper overall, you may have to buy different sizes as baby grows whereas with a few dozen pocket diapers, you’re set!

#2 They’re easier to put on than prefolds—especially at three in the morning when you’re diapering your colicky baby and haven’t had more than three consecutive hours of sleep for days on end.All you need to do is snap or Velcro them into place and you’re set to go.